Ryecroft (other)
Ryecroft may refer to: *Ryecroft, Greater Manchester * Ryecroft, South Yorkshire *Ryecroft, West Midlands *Ryecroft, West Yorkshire Ryecroft is a hamlet near to the village of Harden in West Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is on the road between Harden and Haworth, south of Keighley, west of Bingley and west of the centre of Harden. History The name of the hamlet litera ...

Ryecroft, Greater Manchester
Ryecroft is an area of Ashton-under-Lyne, a town in Greater Manchester, England. It occupies a western area of Ashton. Originally a farm held by Robert de Wright in 1422 the principal tenant at the will of Sir John de Assheton. It was not until Joseph Stanfield Grimshaw rented the area to Abel Buckley at a half yearly rent of £125 that development took place when Abel and his brother John Smith Buckley built the first of the Ryecroft Mills in the 1830s. Hugh Mason Hugh Mason (30 January 1817 – 2 February 1886) was an English mill owner, social reformer and Liberal politician. He was born in Stalybridge and brought up in Stalybridge and Ashton-under-Lyne until he entered the family cotton business in ..., social reformer and Liberal politician owned cotton mills in Rycroft in the 19th century, before becoming mayor and Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne.Nevell (1994), p. 43. References Bibliography * Geography of Tameside {{GreaterM ...
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Ryecroft, West Midlands
Ryecroft is a residential area of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. It is situated to the north of the town centre and is centred on the main A34 road in the direction of Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t .... The housing in Ryecroft is predominantly turn-of-the-20th century private terraces and interwar council semi-detached houses. The town includes a cemetery and a community hub. References Walsall {{WestMidlands-geo-stub ...
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